Behaviors
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Why is My Child Acting Like this?
A question we all ask ourselves a billion times a day it seems. Why, oh why, is my child acting like this?! You swear you’ve raised them better, set better boundaries, done all the things right…and then they act like you’ve never disciplined them in their life. Why? Well, to put it simply, because they
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Family Shift 2: Engaging Kids in Clean-Up: A Nightly Routine
Let’s teach your kids that they can be a valuable part of running a home.
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Rewards are Not Forever
If being told to reward your children for everything feels like a bit too much, read this!
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Why Offering Choices Doesn’t Always Work
Offering choices is popular advice given to parents to help with meltdowns but sometimes, that advice doesn’t work. Here’s why and what you can do if it fails.
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Family Shift 1:
Focusing on the good things not only changes behavior but can help make everyone feel more positive in your family!
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Family Shift Challenge
I invite you all to the family shift challenge! In this challenge, we will take small steps toward changing our behavior, our outlook, and our lives. Through evidence based strategies, we will adjust our own behavior to model new behaviors for our children and ultimately improve our family dynamics and atmosphere. Examples of small shifts
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It’s Okay to Step Away
When things get really tough, sometimes walking away is better than sticking around and getting more upset.
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What to do After Conflict with Your Child
The most important thing you can do after conflict with your child is to repair. But there’s a specific thing to avoid doing when repair occurs.
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Tough Mornings?
If you are tired of firghting with your kids to get them ready for school or daycare in the morning, I’ve got some tips!
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Why Your Child’s Behavior Getting Worse is Sometimes a Good Sign
Have you ever decided you were going to change up the way you did things with your kids to try to improve their behavior only for it to backfire? Somehow, despite your best efforts, their behavior got worse! It is such a frustrating feeling. But..it could actually be a sign that what you’re doing is